June 25, 2014
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Executive Management of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation on June 25, 2014
This is to announce that (i) the nomination of the members of the board of directors and part of the audit & supervisory board members were approved at the 90th Annual Meeting of Shareholders held today, and (ii) the role of the members of the board of directors and audit & supervisory board members as set forth below was subsequently determined respectively at the meeting of the board of directors and audit & supervisory board members.

Name

Title

Division of Business Responsibilities and Delegation of Office

Shoji MUNEOKA

Representative Director and

Chairman

Hiroshi TOMONO

Representative Director and

Vice Chairman

Kosei SHINDO

Representative Director and

President

Shinya HIGUCHI

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• Marketing Administration & Planning; Global Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project; India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project; Domestic Office and Branches

• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Ota on Usiminas Project

• Cooperating with Executive

Vice President S. Sakuma on Overseas Offices

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Katsuhiko OTA

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• Corporate Planning; Overseas Business Development; Group Companies Planning; Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Usiminas Project

Akihiro MIYASAKA

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• Head of Research and

Development

Kinya YANAGAWA

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• Intellectual Property; Safety; Technical Administration & Planning; Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Slag & Cement

• Cooperating with Executive

Vice President S. Sakuma on Environment

• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Ota on Usiminas Project

Soichiro SAKUMA

Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Business Process Innovation; Human Resources; Environment; Overseas Offices

• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Ota on Usiminas Project

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Yasumitsu SAEKI

Managing Director, Member of the Board

• Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated

Sheet Products Project; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project

• Marketing Administration

& Planning; Global

Marketing Administration

& Planning;

Transportation & Logistics

Shinji MORINOBU

Managing Director, Member of the Board

• Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit

Shinji FUJINO*

Managing Director, Member of the Board

• Intellectual Property; Safety; Technical Administration & Planning; Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Slag & Cement

• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Higuchi on Steel Products Units

Ritsuya IWAI*

Managing Director, Member of the Board

• Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube

Unit

Mutsutake OTSUKA*

Director, Member of the Board

Ichiro FUJISAKI*

Director, Member of the Board

Notes:

An asterisk(*) indicates a newly appointed member of the board of directors.

Messrs. Otsuka and Fujisaki meet the requirements of an outside director as set forth in

Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.
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Name

Title

Toshihide TANABE

Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hirotomo SUETSUGU

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hirohiko MINATO

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hirotake ABE

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Katsunori NAGAYASU

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Hiroshi OBAYASHI*

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Jiro MAKINO*

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Notes:

・An asterisk(*) indicates a newly appointed audit & supervisory board member

・Messrs. Abe, Nagayasu, Obayashi, and Makino meet the requirements of an outside company auditor as set forth in Article 2, Item 16 of the Companies Act.

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